brave explorer

The land, sky and sea I braved

I trekked through many lands, of green grass and concrete-scapes, of seaside docks, of tropical beaches, I braved

I soared through the one big sky of this world, I braved

Through the terminals I braved

The men at the gate even put me through a test of worthiness

Just to see you... you

Stay safe, young brave explorer

You picked me up from the airport and we rode in the backseat as we roared down the highway, the longest highway I've ever seen

The world was much bigger than I expected

We made promises and plans to brave the world

To climb on top of trains in the middle of the night

To find ghosts in dilapidated apartments

To find the remnants of lost civilizations

When I came home, I had a dream

Where I lay in an open coffin

Where I was sunk in the warm warm ocean

Buried and still breathing

Sunk and still breathing

Where I felt my skin rot

And I saw the sun so very far away, so futilitily far away

The sun from the bottom of the ocean, like a pin prick of golden blood diffusing into the sea

And I got too old to brave the world 

I stared into no man's land, where the fog engulfed the valley

And I glanced back at her, and promised her I would come back home safe

I questioned if it was braver to stay right there with you

But the longer I gazed towards the distant horizons

The dream I had creeped in the corners of my peripheral vision

And I felt scared, I felt so scared

I looked down at my hands, and felt so scared

Because I used to be a brave explorer

And the fog beckoned me

Like a soldier to the jungle 

I laid back down with you

And dreamed of being a brave explorer once more